My mom is being really annoying!!! please answer?

Question

I want a new cell phone, I have one picked out, I can pay for it and every thing, and still she won't let my get it. I already have one, and its old and I just want a new one. She says "as long as it calls and stuff it should be used" and she thinks I'm just gonna text on it and stuff, which I won't. Its a full keyboard, and I've always wanted one like that. Last month she told me to wait until the end of the month to get it, so I did, and then she told me no. Everytime I bring it up she gets mad because she says "you just want to get it because you want it" which is true. I really want this new one, but I don't want to say I lost my old one or anything. What should I do?

Answer 1

well, even though i am 14 and would usually agree with my parents being annoying, i have to go the other way. why do u want a phone with a full keyboard if ur not gonna text? because thats wat the keyboards for! emailing and texting. and ur moms right. i have a phone because its for a safety issue, not a popularity one. thats probably why u got one. ur mom probably wont let u replace ur old one is because she only wants u to use it for emergencies.

Answer 2

-breakk the old 1

  haha dat way shell understannd

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Answer 3

show her that you deserve it and that you were responsible enough to earn it. not only that but you are buying it with your own money so i really dont see what the problem is. im 19 years old and ive had my share of cell phones.

maybe break your other one on purpose and then you will have to get a new one. tell her that you need your phone in case of emergencys and that it is unsafe not to have one just because there arent any pay phones in the streets anymore.

make a deal with her or something.

maybe if u clean the whole house u can get the phone or if you do something nice she will give it to you.

buy her a dozen of roses and a card LOL.

good luck!

i have a sidekick lx that has a keyboard. id die without it.

Answer 4

I have to say you are right that is pretty unfair.  Maybe you should try to get your mom to try to see your point of view. There must have been a time when she wanted something that someone wouldn't let her have. Remind her of this and how it felt. Also remember you are growing up she probably doesn't want her precious  little girl to get more independent and grown up by being able to pay for things by herself. Maybe she's being old fashioned by saying that you cant get a new phone till your old one dies. In that case tell her that this is the 21 century and that your phones almost died anyway. Then there is always the dad option. In gadgets they are usually way easier to persuade than moms.

Answer 5

U sound like a brat

Answer 6

if you have the money and you want the phone then why don't you just go get it, if you already a a cell and your on a plan, then you just have the pay for the new phone, i don't think your mom is being annoying, she prolly just doesn't want a huge phone bill to pay, you say you can pay for it but if you rack it up your mom is the one that is stuck paying for it, just wait till your old enough to get your own phone, you should be lucky you even have one, i know alot of people that don't, so get grateful you have one.

Answer 7

Just keep using your old one. Sometimes new cell phones can be a *****. I'd be happy to have a cell, considering the few circumstances I can't even get privacy talking to my one friend over the home phone. Haha, your mom's comeback  kind of sucks. Use up your old one, maybe it'll break or something. By the time you get the new phone anyways, another new one will come out which you'll die for.

Answer 8

Hmm.  That's odd.  Why would she tell you to wait until the end of the month, and then turn around and say "no"?  Is the new phone expensive?  Does she think it's not worth you spending your hard-earned money on?  Just how "old" is your "old" phone?  

That is a very strange reason, "you just want it because you want it . . ." well, true, but isn't that why most of us of buy things?  Something else is going on.  Maybe money is tight in your family right now, and she might resent you spending a lot of money on a new phone when she's trying to figure out how to make a car payment?  I don't know.

But, the only way to find out is to talk to her GENTLY -- not whining, not with accusations, but in the spirit of trying to find out what made her change her mind from one month to the next.

Answer 9

if you say you can pay for it, just go out and buy the one you want..

Answer 10

Oh, she wants you to wait until the end of the month so maybe they will have more in stock at a lesser price?? Sorry hon just try to wait it out

Answer 11

Look up matricide in the dictionary

Answer 12

if your old phone is working dont get rid of it. i didnt get my first phone until halfay through my freshman year in HS. i agree with your mom. you cant always get everything you want. im 15